Some of you are probably still at that stage of rinsing out the sand from your beach sandals as a result of a much needed summer break, but with the school holidays now over its time to assess and plan ahead with your property investing activities.

The government is now tasked with making Brexit a reality and it's looking to be a protracted process, which will inevitably result in ongoing regular media headlines in the next year or so and which will impact on sentiment levels for both the economic outlook and decision making by property owners.

Those who predicted a collapse in the property market after the referendum result have so far been proved wrong as transactions levels and achieved sales prices are still relatively buoyant in most regions.